Amber Heard’s unexpected message at the start of the trial against Johnny Depp

The defamation trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp has already started in Fairfax County, Virginia, with jury selection. In this state, the lawsuit that the actor filed against his ex-wife will be settled after the article that she published in The Washington Post in 2018 in which, although she did not directly mention the name of the actor, she confessed to having been a victim of domestic abuse. Just a few hours before the process began, Amber Heard has published a brief statement on her social profiles in which, causing some astonishment after the bitter confrontation they have starred in recent years, he assures that he has always been fond of the interpreter and that it hurts him to have to speak again about some chapters of his private life in public.

“I am going to unplug for the next few weeks. As you may know, I will be in Virginia, where I will face my ex-husband Johnny Depp in court ”she begins. “Johnny is suing me over an op-ed I wrote for The Washington Post, in which I recounted my experience of domestic violence and abuse. I never named it, but wrote about the price women pay for speaking out against men in power. I’m still paying that price, but I hope that when this case is over, I can move on and so can Johnny. I have always had a love for Johnny and it pains me to relive the details of our past together.in front of the world. At this moment I recognize the support that I have been fortunate to receive throughout these years, and in the coming weeks, I will lean more than ever on him. With love always, A”.

On the first day of the process, which will be broadcast on the American television channel Court TV, the actors could be seen leaving the courthouse and accompanied by their legal team. Outside, some of their followers were waiting for them, who, with various posters, expressed their support for one or the other. The exchange of accusations between the interpreters over the last three years has confronted them quite harshly, legal encounters that have brought to light some of the most controversial episodes of their marriage.

In 2020, the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean lost the trial against The Sun, which described him as an abuser in 2018, a process in which dark episodes of the marriage were revealed, including the actor’s addictions. This verdict took its toll on Depp, whose professional career has been affected: he lost, for example, his role in the third installment of Fantastic Beasts and in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, in which he played the charismatic Jack Sparrow. This trial, in which the actor claims about 46 million euros (50 million dollars), could be Johnny’s opportunity to wash his image before public opinion and Hollywood.(He himself said a few months ago that he considers that the industry is boycotting him).

What seemed like an idyllic love story that began on the set of The Rum Diary, where they met in 2009, ended in disaster. They got married in 2015 and just a year later, in 2016, a separation process began marked by mutual accusations of violent behavior that have led to several lawsuits. During these processes, the most toxic episodes of their relationship have been known, which could reappear again in this new process. Among the witnesses who are called to testify are names like James Franco, who coincided with the 35-year-old interpreter during the filming of the comedy Pineapple Express (translated in Spain as Superfumados ) – she. It would have left him “shocked” after showing him the aftermath of the blows he had on his face, the product of an alleged assault by Johnny-; Tesla founder Elon Musk and actress Ellen Barkin. Also, Paul Bettany and musician Jack White, who was a member of the defunct band The White Stripes, are on the list.